- Discuss the concepts of alternative measurements for research productivity and accomplishment and identify new differentiators
- Explore what this means in a new normal of remote working, generational shifts, and why looking for new differentiation is important
- Identify the concept behind "small, smart, and simple" and the lens it provides to improve/enhance research outcomes
- Understand implementation of SMART facilities through examples/projects presented and review examples of the concept through performance-oriented metrics
- Education on electrification in labs
- Construction cost considerations during the design process
- Challenges of operational considerations during the design process
- Geographic implications of electrification tying into the grid
Review code implications for Maximum Allowable Quantities when utilizing control zones
Understand base floor recommended planning configuration for managing Chemical Standard Operational Procedures
Review H-room typology
Learn safe alternatives to H-room implementation in high-rise buildings
DESIGN DIGITAL SUMMIT
Building or Remodeling an Optimized Lab
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Excellence in Innovation—Design Excellence Awards
Neuroscience is a historically underserved research area—in recent years, however, research and funding has been prioritized as scientists work toward curing deteriorating diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Caltech’s Chen Neuroscience Research Building seeks to be a catalyst for change, with a design plan that gives researchers immediate access to critical resources, along with a highly flexible lab infrastructural chassis designed to accommodate highly specialized, customizable, and hyper-focused laboratory environments.
Lab Manager is proud to honor the Caltech Chen Neuroscience Research Building in Pasadena, CA, with the Excellence in Innovation prize as part of our Design Excellence Awards. This lab was submitted to the competition by SmithGroup.
Presenters: Sandro Bressi, Alex Munoz, Francisco Owens, Mark Zajdzinski
SmithGroup
11:00 am-12:00 pm EDT
Redefining the Future of Lab Facilities
SMART (Simple Management Approaches to Research and Technology) built environments usually refer to buildings with embedded technologies that allow them to run as efficiently as possible. Yet for research-focused organizations, that definition should be expanded beyond building-centric efficiency to include human-centric metrics that are used to quantify research productivity and accomplishments.
The expected useful life of the building and individual labs, research dollars generated per square foot, intellectual property generated, and successful recruitment and retainment of researchers are but a few bottom-line oriented measures that research-focused organizations use; however, by embracing the business side of research and technology, laboratory planners, designers, and architects can create even smarter built environments.
We're on the cusp of the biggest shift in workplace strategies in a century, which will likely become the new normal well into the next century. We need to not only think and act differently, but also look at traditional metrics differently to help us redefine the future of SMART facilities.
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Presenters: Clay Stafford and Jeffrey Owens
HERA Laboratory Planners
12:30-1:30 pm EDT
A Century of Innovation
Over the past century, today’s concept of the modern lab was born. Innovations. Ventilation. Periods of stability followed by rapid change. Regulations. Standardization. Drug discovery. Research advancements. Modular labs. Sustainability. A global pandemic. We’ve seen it all.
This presentation will discuss the history of today’s modern lab and trends for the future as we look toward the next 100 years of innovation. Learn about the events and situations that have influenced today’s lab design, and how you can incorporate these features into your own design plan to maximize efficiency. Discover the latest innovations in lab design, which will help you optimize your lab space and advance your research, while safeguarding both the physical and mental health of your lab staff.
Presenter: Ryann Rios
Labconco Corporation
2:00-3:00 pm EDT
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Excellence in Sustainability—Design Excellence Awards
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is tasked with protecting the public from the harmful effects of air pollution, as well as developing programs and actions to fight climate change, through its research into clean cars and fuels designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. CARB consolidated its five existing Southern California locations into one research facility—the resulting building is the largest and most advanced vehicle emissions testing and research facility in the world, as well as the largest true net-zero energy facility of its type by producing more energy than it uses.
Lab Manager is pleased to award the California Air Resources Board Southern California Headquarters, Mary D. Nichols Campus in Riverside, CA, with the Excellence in Sustainability prize as part of its Design Excellence Awards. The project was submitted to the competition by ZGF.
Presenter: Shara Castillo and Paul Eriksen
ZGF and AEI
11:00 am-12:00 pm EDT
Labs Electrified! Operational and Energy Efficiency Opportunities
Many organizations and institutions aspire to reduce their operational carbon footprint in accordance with the 2030 challenge. An all-electric lab design can reduce the operational carbon footprint, while also making their facilities energy efficient. Electrification in the built environment allows us to look at buildings through a different lens to achieve this goal. User requirements/demands, and fiscal constraints are a reality that can be overcome to achieve these goals.
While electrification in labs is commonly adopted in some regions, it is still not ubiquitous across the country. We will provide an overview and specific project examples behind the applications of electrification specific to all-electric labs. We will discuss benefits, opportunities, and challenges to electrification. Project case studies will be presented from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, City College of San Francisco, and California State University East Bay. We will compare and contrast the spectrum of strategies across the various institutions.
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Presenter: John McDonald
SmithGroup
12:30-1:30 pm EDT
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Honorable Mention in Safety—Design Excellence Awards
The final portion of Argonne National Laboratory’s Energy Quad is its Materials Design Laboratory (MDL), a state-of-the-art collaborative research facility for energy and materials scientists to investigate structures at the scale of a single electron and larger. This facility designs tailored superconductors to transform the nation’s energy grid, develops better materials for wind turbines, and much more—all with a unique set of safety standards due to the sensitive nature of its research.
Lab Manager is pleased to recognize the Argonne National Laboratory Materials Design Laboratory in Lemont, with the Honorable Mention in Safety award as part of its Design Excellence Awards. The project was submitted to the competition by IMEG Corp.
Presenters: Brandon Fortier, Michael Finder, and Paul Hansen
IMEG Corp., Argonne National Laboratory, and Flad Architects
11:00 am-12:00 pm EDT
H-Rooms in the Sky! A Safe Approach to Designing High-Rise Labs
Whether you are in the middle of an urban environment or within an existing high-rise building on an institutional campus, the need for lab space continues to grow. Code requirements state the maximum allowable chemical quantities reduce as floor levels increase. For wet labs with fewer chemical requirements, this can be managed with standard operational procedures. But what about heavy chemical sciences? How do we as designers and planners safely accommodate the need for high chemical usage in high-rise buildings? In order to maximize collaboration and the cross pollination of ideas, chemistry labs should remain in close proximity to other wet and dry labs, just as they would in a one- or two-story building.
This session will review challenges and possible solutions to designing safe H-rooms within a high-rise building. The session will begin with code implications, control zone limitations as floor levels increase, first floor planning strategies to help the SOP without utilizing H-room designations, and general lab planning safety methodologies. We will also focus on how to alternate safe design strategies when implementing H-rooms in high-rise buildings. It is important for lab managers and lab design professionals to be aware of these safe alternatives to make informed decisions regarding the future build-out of lab spaces.
As stewards of lab safety, we must maintain optimal work environments to help end users discover solutions to the world’s problems. Providing a safe working environment near other disciplines will not only create healthier work environments, but also promote the cross-pollination of ideas.
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Presenters: Rebekah Gandy and Saffron Wyse
Gensler and Thornton Tomasetti
12:30-1:30 pm EDT
Net Zero Labs
Laboratories are the most energy-intensive group of buildings to operate. To prevent catastrophic climate change, we need to reduce our emissions to zero as soon as possible. Fortunately, this is not only possible, but also relatively inexpensive. Moving our lab buildings to be all-electric and reduce energy use overall produces buildings which are simpler to operate, cleaner for the world, and better isolated from future energy price volatility.
This presentation will provide a practical definition of net zero, explain electrification in support of that goal, and discuss major features of laboratory buildings which can be designed to support it. In addition, financial rules of thumb for construction and operation of all-electric buildings will be compared to historical and projected energy prices.
Presenter: Matthew Fickett
SGA
2:00-3:00 pm EDT
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